Simple Pleasures

P365 Day 11, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

I didn't get this photo posted the day I took it. As with all my P365 photos, it's taken with my iPhone and played with in Camera+. Today I'm jumping in with the fun on Rebecca Cooper's website:

Rainbows always make me smile. This one popped up one lovely evening when we were out on the deck. We see double rainbows often, but I'm always fascinated by them.

This one was too close to us to get in much of the rainbow, but it ended up being a complete, huge arc in the sky.

Truly one of life's simple pleasures. May your Sunday be blessed.

This Week

P365 14, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

First of all, this photo is of a few gifts from my one of my very sweet granddaughters. She loves to draw and color and paint, and was so thrilled to discover a hidden art box in my pantry the other day.

This is a bright spot in the week, which has been full of other things that are potentially very stressful.

First of all, our autistic granddaughter's teach told my daughter that it looks like E is having small seizures. The doctors had warned of the possibility years ago, and she's already been checked for them once when she was around two years old. They got her right into the doctor and he said it sounds like it could be absence seizures. She's scheduled for an EEG (I think that's it) to check it out.

And, this little girl's daddy had to go in for tests for something else this week and now we're waiting for biopsy results. Cancer or no, he isn't well, and he's the sole breadwinner since my daughter homeschools the old two children. Life could be changing in many ways for them.

My older son had to fly back to Afghanistan on Friday, his R&R over. The next 9 months will be very long for him and his girls.

Plus, I'm trying to figure out a few health issues of my own. We've got a direction we're looking in, but time will tell if we're right or not.

Many things to potentially be stressed about. Sometimes it seems like there's never an end to issues. One gets settled and another crops up. But I think that's just life. And many people have many more challenges than we do.

Here's a little video that brings that home:

http://youtu.be/oJrZzgrH2sA

This young man has got to be one of the most determined people I've ever heard of to recover and apparently thrive. And it makes most every day trials look very small in comparison.

It's not that the week has been all bad either. I've gotten to do a lot of scrapping with Trish, which is always a good thing. The weather has been gorgeous, in spite of the heat. We've eaten good food all week long, I'm having a party for my students this evening, just a relaxed evening of potluck dinner and piano playing.

So this week is a real mix. I'm grateful for all the good things that have come our way this week and prayerful for the others.

P365 Day 8

P365 Day 8, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

Here's today's pic. I missed a few days, but that's life.

I am currently cutting back on said cup of Joe to see if that effects my arrhythmias. So far, no. But I'll give it a little time to see if the effect of being caffeine free is greater after a few days. I'm thinking (and hoping) that they aren't a result of caffeine, since I don't normally imbibe too much of it, and I miss my morning cup! On the other hand, I'd rather give it up than have to take medication from here on.

On an entirely different note, here's a thought provoking article on the current job situation and what it's all about:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/07/rushkoff.jobs.obsolete/index.html

P365 Day 6

P365 Day 6, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

I'm late getting this up due to days of headache misery, but here it is.

P365 Day 5

P365 Day 5, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

Here's today's photo - taken in dim light since it was late on a cloudy day. I almost forgot to take a photo today! This gets to be more of a problem as I go along.

In other news, I need to make 2 layouts for LOAD tomorrow. I'm finding the process easy since I've got a story list I'm working through, and my photos are organized, thanks to Library of Memories/Finding Photo Freedom. I'm making simple layouts, with a focus on telling the stories I want to tell, and utilizing clean, basic designs. I find I'm using my Sizzix a lot of title work. I'm missing the flexibility of digital titles! But it's OK - I'm getting lots of old pictures scrapped and stories told, and that's why I'm doing LOAD in the first place.

I'm managing to keep up with both FindingPhotoFlow, currently underway at Digiscrap 101 and TextFX at Renee Pearson's online classroom reasonably well. I'm enjoying both classes and learning new things/refining my processes.

Trish and I have also started a project of going through Reneé Pearson's Digital Designs 2 lessons (from the book) whenever we can. So far, it's loads of fun.

So, I'm keeping very busy doing things I love to do.

Thanks for checking in.

Patti

P365 day 2

P365 day 2, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

It's such a lovely morning, and I love the sunlight on the papaya. Taken with Camera+ on my iPhone 3GS

P365 Day 1

P365 Day 1, a photo by PattiP88 on Flickr.

Katie the Scrapbook Lady has inspired me to take up Project 365 again.

I tried this once before and fizzled out. This time, I'm going to make it simpler by focusing on iPhone photos, in a square crop. I have no idea if I'll do anything with these photos other than post some of them here & on Twitter.

Katrina Kennedy posts a monthly photo idea list at Capture Your 365 that I hope will help keep me inspired and playing with new photo ideas.

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